AFG vs NED

Player of the Match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Afghanistan beat Netherlands by 48 runs!

Afghanistan who won the toss and opted to bat first would not have been satisfied with their score of 237 but will be pleased with their bowling effort after they were successfully able to defend it and win by 48 runs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz who scored a vital century enable his  team to post 237 and the bowlers did the rest of the job of ensuring a series win

It got wrapped up rather too quickly, isn't it! That was a bridge too far for the Dutch once Scott Edwards departed.  He was the lone batter who batted through despite some challenging balling, conditions and lack of batters at the other end. There were plenty of near misses and near edges but Afghanistan continued to be disciplined. Edwards and de Leede did show some resistance but that was never enough as they fell behind with the run rate. The task kept getting stiffer and towards the end, Netherlands had left themselves too much to achieve. Afghanistan clinch crucial 10 points and a series win.

Fareed Malik Ahmad returned with match figures of 9-0-29-2 and was well supported by Mujeeb ur Rahman and Yamin Ahmadzai at different stages in the game. As far as Netherlands were concerned they had only one river lining in the match and that was Scott Edwards who missed out on his well deserved century. 

47.4 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Vivian Kingma, OUT! Afghanistan win by 48 runs! Once again Mujeeb tosses it up on middle, Kingma goes for a big-heave to midwicket only to get his stumps cartwheeling

Vivian Kingma b Mujeeb Ur Rahman 0(2b)

47.2 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Fred Klaassen, OUT! Tossed up on off, Klaassen swings it hard and gets a leading edge to short third man where Naib tracks back and takes the catch

Fred Klassen c Gulbadin Naib b Mujeeb Ur Rahman 0(1)

47.1 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Philippe Boissevain, OUT! Tossed up on off, Boissevain swings it hard and gets an outside edge to the keeper who collects it easily

Philippe Boissevain c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1 (2b)

46.5 Fareed Ahmed to Ryan Klein, OUT! RUNOUT! 1 run completed. Back of a length outside off, Klein pulls away to deep midwicket, they run the first one hard and looked back for the second one but it was completely out of reach as the miscommunication costs Zulfiqar his wicket

Saqib Zulfiqar runout (Rahmanullah Gurbaz / Rahmat Shah) 13 (19b 1x4 0x6)

46.4 Fareed Ahmed to Ryan Klein, length delivery outside off, fended to cover for a single, Shahidi gets a direct hit at the stumps and leads to another run on overthrows